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Top Ten Tuesday: Books Set In a Place I’d Love to Visit (real places or fictional)
August 2, 2022 By 42 Comments
Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl
Since traveling isn’t possible for me at the moment (kids, pets, COVID, the usual), I’ll stick to traveling via the books I’m reading.
Places I’d like to visit that I discovered in books:
The Continent from Andrezej Sapkowski’s The Witcher series. I’d love to meet elves, dwarves, and of course, Jaskier!
Icewind Dale, home to Drizzt Do’Urden, Bruenor Battlehammer, and more interesting characters.
Romania. This has been featured in many books, but Mark Edwards’ Follow You Home really reawakened the urge to visit. Just as long as nothing insane happens to me, thanks.
This is a two-fer: Charlotte, North Carolina and Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Kathy Reich’s Temperance Brennan series has really made me want to explore both cities.
The futuristic version of the US and Canada as depicted in Sean Grigsby’s Smoke Eaters. I mean, dragons exist in that world!
Not exactly a place, but I’d love to take a trip on The Heart of Gold – the ship from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. I want to know what it’s like to experience the improbability drive for myself.
Dublin, Ireland. Although, in Catherine Ryan Howard’s book 56 Days, the country is in COVID lockdown, it’s still high on my list of places to visit someday.
Burning Lake, NY, a small, but exciting little town featured in the Natalie Lockhart novels by Alice Blanchard.
North Devon as it appears in Ann Cleeves’ Two Rivers series. Although, I’m not sure I’d survive the cold!
Bellamy Bay, the bustling little coastal town in Esme Addison’s Enchanted Bay series. A town where mermaid magic is alive and thriving? Count me in.
What are some places you’d like to visit, either in real life or through the pages of a good book?
Book of the Month Poll Winner ~ Blowin’ My Mind Like a Summer Breeze by Benjamin Roech
July 31, 2022 By 2 Comments
Blowin’ My Mind Like a Summer Breeze by Benjamin Roech
Publisher: Deep Hearts YA
Genre: Young Adult (14 – 18 y.o.), Romance, LGBTQ, Contemporary
Rating: 5 Stars
Reviewed by Astilbe
Fifteen-year-old Rainey Cobb never thought meeting someone could actually change her life. But, then again, she’s never met anyone like Juliet.
It’s 1995 and The Cobb Family Band, led by Rainey’s rock star parents, has arrived for a week-long gig at the Midwestern resort owned by Juliet’s family. Dazzled by Juliet’s carpe diem attitude, DIY tattoos, and passion for grunge, Rainey falls hard. And when Juliet gives Rainey a mixtape that unlocks her heart’s secret yearnings, Rainey starts seeing herself-and her vagabond, show-biz life-through new eyes.
If Rainey quits the band, her parents’ fading career might never recover. But if she doesn’t leap now, she might be stuck forever in a life she didn’t choose…and always wonder who she could have been.
Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for July 27, 2022
July 27, 2022 By 1 Comment
Each Wednesday, Long and Short Reviews hosts a weekly “blog hop”. For more details on how to participate, please click here.
Today’s topic is: Show us your bookcase(s)
Top Ten Tuesday: Books From My Past Seasonal TBR Posts I STILL Haven’t Read
July 26, 2022 By 55 Comments
Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl
I must confess that I’ve barely read anything from my last few seasonal TBR posts due to a million other things going on in my life at the moment. Here are ten books I still need to pick up. If you’ve read any of these titles, I’d love to hear your thoughts on them.
1. This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart, #2) by Kalynn Bayron
2. TJ Powar Has Something to Prove by Jesmeen Kaur Deo
3. Gallant by V.E. Schwab
4. A Lot Like Adios by Alexis Daria
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5. Unearthed: A Jessica Cruz Story by Lilliam Rivera
6. If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales
7. Death of a Knit Wit by Peggy Ehrart
8. Coming Clean: A true story of love, addiction and recovery by Liz Fraser
9. Rosie the Truffle Hound by Jessie Hartland
10. History Comics: The Stonewall Riots: Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights by Archie Bongiovanni
Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for July 20, 2022
July 20, 2022 By 1 Comment
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Today’s topic is: Describe a perfect weekend getaway
Top Ten Tuesday: Summer Books We’ve Reviewed
July 19, 2022 By 40 Comments
Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl
I wrote this post in advance for scheduling reasons, so there may be a summer-themed title or two that squeaks through before this post goes live. With that being said, these are ten recent books we’ve reviewed that are set during the summer, have covers that remind me of this season, or are otherwise related to the theme in general.
This time of year makes me think of watching thunderstorms while I stand safely indoors near a window, spending time at the beach, eating a little more ice cream than my dentist would probably recommend, going swimming, and enjoying the beauty of nature wherever I can find it.
Isn’t summer a wonderful season?
Double Dipped by Terry Korth Fischer
Genre: Romance
Head In The Sand by Damien Boyd
Genre: Mystery
The Heat Is On: An Anthology by Jill Shalvis, Natalie Anderson
Genre: Romance, Mystery
The Marsh Bird by Anne Brooker
Genre: Mainstream Fiction
Wish List by Amanda Pampuro
Genre: Science Fiction, Horror
The Lightning Rod by Ged Gillmore
Genre: Mystery
With Love From Rose Bend by Naima Simone
Genre: Romance
Hello Puddle by Anita Sanchez
Genre: Children’s picture book
Oona by Kelly Dipucchio
Genre: Children’s picture book
Love and Lavender Ice Cream by Sara Freeze
Genre: Romance
Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for July 13, 2022
July 13, 2022 By 1 Comment
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Today’s topic is: Character in a book you’d like to meet and why
Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for July 6, 2022
July 6, 2022 By 1 Comment
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Today’s topic is: Have You Met Anyone Famous? Who?
Book of the Month Poll Winner ~ Unlock My Heart by Jennifer Wilck
June 30, 2022 By Leave a Comment
Unlock My Heart by Jennifer Wilck
Scarred Hearts, Book Two
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Genre: Contemporary, Romance
Rating: 5 stars
Reviewed by Mistflower
Abby Marlow, computer security expert, lands a job at the best IT security firm in the country. Her sole focus is financial independence so she never has to rely on others again, especially a man. But why does her boss make her wires short circuit?
Ted Endicott, CEO and founder of the IT security firm, is hard of hearing. Although an expert in his field, he’s still uncomfortable admitting his hearing problem to clients or employees. So why is he willing to accept Abby’s help?
As Ted and Abby work together, barriers fall away, and the lines blur between colleagues and lovers. But a security glitch in a client’s system shows one of Ted’s employees is the hacker, and all signs point to Abby. Can they get past the suspicion and find a future together?
